Table 1 Baseline characteristics, biochemical and abdominal fat of premenopausal, and postmenopausal women stratified for having or not the metabolic syndrome

Age (years)

32.5 ± 5.9

32.5 ± 6.5

32.5 ± 5.1

57.1 ± 6.6***

56.9 ± 6.2***

57.2 ± 6.8***

Waist cir (cm)

102.7 ± 11

95.8 ± 9.5

110.4 ± 6.2

105.5 ± 10.5

97.8 ± 7.2

111.4 ± 8.7

SBP (mmHg)

123 ± 9.6

115.8 ± 5.8

131. ± 6.1

128.4 ± 11**

118.9 ± 7.4*

135.7 ± 6.7**

DBP(mmHg)

74.9 ± 7.5

70.2 ± 5.6

80.0 ± 5.9

78.5 ± 6.1**

73.5 ± 4.48**

82.2 ± 4.26*

HB% (g/dl)

12.7 ± 0.5

12.5 ± 0.43

12.48 ± 0.43

12.8 ± 0.8

12.7 ± 0.48

13. ± 0.93

FBS (mg/dl)

89.8 ± 15.5

82.4 ± 9.2

98.1 ± 17.

100 ± 15***

88.1 ± 11.2*

109 ± 11**

TC (mg/dl)

203.5 ± 54.7

170.2 ± 47.8

241.2 ± 33.5

200.6 ± 47.6

168.7 ± 34.4

225.3 ± 41.3

TG (mg/dl)

104.5 ± 31.9

86.7 ± 25.0

124.6 ± 26.6

113.1 ± 41.1

81.0 ± 21.6

138.0 ± 34.9

LDL-C (mg/dl)

144.7 ± 47.

115.7 ± 37.8

177.4 ± 33.

136.1 ± 46.6

109.4 ± 32.

156.8 ± 45.7*

HDL-C (mg/dl)

44.9 ± 9.5

50.2 ± 8.4

38.7 ± 6.4

46.8 ± 11.3

51.4 ± 11.1

43.2 ± 10.1*

SCF (cm)

3 ± 0.7

2.69 ± 0.85

3.4 ± 0.5

3.5 ± 0.6***

3.06 ± 0.14*

3.8 ± 0.4**

PVF (cm)

5.4 ± 0.9

5.1 ± 1.02

5.7 ± 1.09

5.8 ± 1.2**

4.78 ± 0.5

6.2 ± 1.2*